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Say Bye to “Bottles” for Good

One afternoon just after their routine sleep Aahamya needed
their bottle feed?

They asked me wiping off their eyes.

Saying Maa “dhudhu”

They were about 2.4 years old now and I had made up my mind now
about kicking off their bottles.

So I reacted at them in utter shock and replied

“Beta dhudhu bottle to maa ne baby ko de diya”

(I have given bottle to baby)

Thanks to that baby opposite to our kitchen who was probably younger that
Aahmya and keeps on crying and whenever Aahmaya heard his cries they use to ask
why is he crying and I use to say his mama doesn’t have milk bottle and he want
to drink in it.

So one day I used these made up story of mine to wean off
their bottles.

Although they did made chaos that afternoon as they did
search the entire kitchen like some search team got the search warrant to
ransack my home and to make sure I have not hidden it.

After couple of hours they settled to have it in cup with silicon
nipples and so innocently they said

“Maa ab to baby nahi
royega,usko bottle de diya”

(Now baby will not cry as he got his bottle)

I felt so bad at that particular moment and my heart sink in
my mouth.

Clearing lump from my throat I managed to smile and hug both
of them.

I know sometimes we MOMS need to be so strong to take these
kind of decision knowing what best for our children’s.

Apart from this I did prepare Aahamya well before by below
things.

Was giving them juice and water in cup to get
them habitual how sipping from cup actually works.

Also time to time making them understand that
its not good to drink from bottle now as they are grown up girls now.

Ordered colorful attractive sipper type cups and
glasses for them to lure them and get them attracted from boring white opaque bottles.

Start with silicon based nipple sipper and then
can gradually switch to normal sipper or cups.

Be stick to your plan once you make up your mind
as after kicking off re-introduction of bottles on their high demands will
never let them switch.

Take help of family members and inform them well
in advance about your plan as kids are smart enough these days and they might
take confirmation from them.

Why it’s important to say Bye to Bottles-

Prolonged bottle used leads to tooth decay.

Bottle feeding may lead to Obesity as kids often
consume more than required.

Bottle feed while lying down can lead to ear
infection.

We will save your time off as cleaning the
bottles is a task.

Letting go bottle feeding will help you travel
easily as you can carry sippy cups now.

This is my story for “Weaning off bottles” for my little
girls.

Please share your tricks, tips and suggestions to kick off bottles so fellow moms have a fair idea about it.

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8 thoughts on “Say Bye to “Bottles” for Good”

Much needed post for me. My twinnies can drink from sipper but somehow prefer drinking milk from bottles. Ur post was a wake up call for me. Inspite of knowing that it’s time to stop completely procrastination had gripped me. Thanks for sharing.